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Hi, I am draining my pool and I have had a small leak near the autofill. While I'm draining I figured I would clean out the autofill enclosure, which is round and has concrete on the sides. So I wondered what would be good to use in the concrete enclosure where the autofill is to seal it up...

So I go out to my pool this morning to check on things, and the pump is running, but there is no water flow at all. I go over and turn the pump off and open up the leaf catcher in the pump and the water is really hot. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

So I am replacing my diving board (SR Smith Frontier II) and my bag with my bolt kit for attaching the base to the three bolt jig has been lost (kids!). So I need to get a new kit for bolting down the base. Looking at the kit (S.R. Smith 69-209-033-SS), they just look like regular bolts and...

I am installing a new diving board and was wondering what people think is the best anti-seize lubricant for the bolts? Thanks.

Just want going to look at getting some new testing supplies and the tftestkits.net page doesn't come up. I try to load it and it says "This page not working." Maybe it's just a momentary blip, but thought I'd mention it.

Hi, with the cost of chlorine going up, could someone tell me the rough cost of an SWCG system? Thanks.

I need to get a new screw to hold the pool light in place (underwater). So I didn't think and just grabbed a screw I had in the garage and it started rusting right away. So I just wanted to ask what kind of coating or screw type would be good for underwater to avoid rusting? Thanks.

We're looking at replacing our current DE filter with a cartridge filter. We were already thinking of going that way as the DE filter is old and we don't want the DE buildup in the yard. Now we're getting chickens who will be in the yard and we don't want the DE exposure for chickens if it...

So, I was reading another thread and there was discussion of how important weir doors are, and I've never had one since we bought this house and pool a number of years ago. The skimmer cover is long gone and there are no identifying marks I can find anywhere on the skimmer. There are two pegs...

So, we had an energy audit done on our home and their primary recommendation was to replace our existing Whisper Flow single speed pump with a Pentair SuperFlo variable speed pump. Our existing pump works fine. We've had it for 7.5 years (since we bought the house) and it had been in place at...

Hi, We had our pool redone four years ago and we've had some problems with the quality of work done by the company. We recently discovered that we have some slow leaking out the side of the pool and I've found that in places the grout/concrete between the water level row of tiles is decaying...

Hi, I learned awhile back to not store MA and chlorine anywhere near each other. But I had been storing MA in a garage cabinet and I'm now noticing the hinges on the cabinet are getting rusty. So I need to find somewhere to store the MA that is safe and not child accessible and not have a...

Hi, In recent weeks I've had trouble with weak flow from the returns. I took apart the DE filter and hosed all the insides off a few weeks ago. For the last couple years I've been using the wood fiber substitute instead of DE powder, as I didn't like the DE powder building up in the yard when...

So, we're taking a 3 week vacation later this summer, getting out of Phoenix and seeing some family, etc. I'm trying to figure out the best way to handle the pool. I don't have anyone to check the pool on a daily basis, but probably could have someone come by once a week to throw in some...

Just wondering what if any benefits aeration has when it pushes your pH up and at least for folks like me, pH already tends to move higher over time, even absent aeration? Just curious. I've never used my aerator much due to the pH effect, but wondered if there was more to consider than that...

Little detail question. We've had a Taylor 2006 test kit for a little while now and like it. But we've noticed that the little scooper for the crystals that you put in to tube for the first step of the free chlorine test gets wet in the container, even though we're careful to keep it dry when...

So, we had our pool redone a few months ago and I noticed after they completed their work that there was a damp spot in the ground around the box where our wiring for the pool light comes to. So a guy with the pool company that redid our pool came out today and we looked at it. The water was...

First time posting. Great forum! We started using our Taylor 2006 test kit recently and we've noticed several times that with the free chlorine test, when we add another drop (after having added a few), the pink color will disappear in the tube after swirling, but then 15-30 seconds later we...